Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Safebvm has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is under the review of examiner DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The portfolio is concentrated in 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. For a practitioner, this means that the success of the company's current patent efforts depends on the interpretation of a single examiner. No other examiners or units are currently providing feedback on the company's applications.
The existence of 1 pending office action indicates a very targeted approach to patenting. Since the matter is located in 1 distinct art unit, the practitioner only needs to navigate the specific requirements of that administrative group. DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH is the sole examiner currently reviewing the company's pending work, so understanding their specific procedural preferences is essential. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area indicates the subject matter is likely related to mechanical or medical hardware. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current prosecution profile is highly centralized.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 57.6% | +49.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18652545 | PRESSURE SAFETY DEVICE FOR BAG VALVE MASK | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18652545 | PRESSURE SAFETY DEVICE FOR BAG VALVE MASK | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18652545 | PRESSURE SAFETY DEVICE FOR BAG VALVE MASK | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 3785 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSafebvm has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kathryn Elizabeth Ditmer has the most, with 1 of Safebvm's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
